Paper-bag holder.



No. 743,547. PATENTEDNQV. 10, "1903.

W. M. NIX. PAPER BAG HOLDER. APPLIGATIOIT FILED JULY 20, 1903 no IODEL.I

NITED STATES Patented November 10, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

PAPER-BAG HOLDER? EPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No.743,547, dated November 10, 1903.

Application filed July 20, 1903. Serial No. 166,355. (No model.) 1

- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. NIX, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Muskogee, in the Greek Nation, Indian Territory, haveinvented a new and useful Paper-Bag Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to paper-bag holders, and has for its object theproduction of an article of the class described which shall contain butfew parts and be simpler, cheaper, and more durable than devices of thesame kind as heretofore used.

The invention consists in the construction 4 and combination of parts ofa paper-bag holder hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, to which reference will be had in describingthe invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a View in front elevation of a bag-holderconstructed'in ac-. 5

completely before assembling, and to assemcordance with this invention.Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of a bag-holder with a package ofbags held therein. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the base of thebag-holder.

Referringin detail to the drawings,in which corresponding parts aredesignated by the same characters of reference throughout, 1 designatesgenerally the base of the bagholder, which may be formed of sheet metalor other suitable material and which is provided, somewhat nearer thetop than the bottom, with a pair of forwardly-disposed parallel lugs 22, each of which is pierced near its free end with an aperture 3 for thesupport of the pivot of the gripping-jaw, hereinafter to be described.At the top the base is provided with an eye 4 to facilitate thesuspension of the device from a nail or hook.

Pivotally supported upon the base by engagement with the openings 3 3 inthe lugs 2 2 is a clamping-jaw (designated generally as 5) formed from asingle piece of wire, which constitutesthe jaw, including both thegripping portion and the handle and the pivot which engages with theopenings 3 3 in the lugs 2 2 and forms the pivot on which the jawswings. In the formation of the jaw wire of suitable diameter isemployed, and a. portion 5 of suitable length to form the pivot ismarked. Then'the wire is bent sharply at the end of the portion to formthe pivot and is extended downward in a plane substantially at rightangles to the pivot portion. The wire is then bent again atsubstantially right angles to form the bottom of the frame and is againbent at rightangles to form the other lateral side. This side is longerthan any previously-formed portion of thejaw, exteiiding almost to thetop of the base 1, where the wire is again bent to form the uppertransverse portion of thejaw and is finally turned downward and unitedwith the side of the jaw first formed just below the point of juncturewith-the pivot. In order to hold thejaw in operative engagement with anypaper bags or other papers which may be placed between the jaw and thebase, a coiled-wire spring 6 is provided on the pivot, with one end incontact with the base and the other extended across one side of the jawbelow its pivotal point.

The jaw and base are formed separately and his the parts the pivot isfirst introduced through the opening in the lug 2 on the left of thebase, as shown in Fig. 1. The coiled spring 6 is then slipped over thepivot prior to passing the pivot through the opening in the log at theright of the base, as shown in Fig. 1. When the spring has been placedin position, the end of the pivot will be passed through the opening inthe log at the right side of the base and the side of the jaw adjacentto the free end of the pivot will be sprung. over the lug, so as to lieexternal thereto, as shown in Fig. 1, and form means for retaining thepivot in position in the openings provided for it in the lugs 2 2. Theportion of the jaw below the pivot will be preferably curved outward topresent a convexity on its forward surface, and the portion of the jawabove the pivot, which may be generally referred to as the handleportion, will be sprung forward to form a lever for operating the jawwhen it is desired to insert a package of bags between the jaw and thebase. The spring 6 will serve not only to hold the jaw in operativeposition, as shown in Fig. 2, but by the extension of the spring overthe side of the jaw which is not fast to the pivot the spring will serveto hold that side of the jaw in contact with the pivot and make anyconnection between the jaw and pivot unnecessary.

The use of the paper-bag holder as above described is so obvious thatdetailed description thereof is deemed unnecessary. By pressing theupper portion of the jaw toward the base the lower or gripping portionofthe jaw is moved forward to facilitate the introdnction between thejaw and the base of a package of paper bags, which should be inserted inthe manner illustrated in Fig. 2, the bottoms ofthe bags being bentover, as shown, so that the bag which lies at the front of the pendentportion of the package 7 may be removed readily by a sharp or gradualpull thereon and the other bags be left undisturbed in the holder.

It will have been noted from the foregoing description that theconstruction of my improved bag-holder is of the simplest character, theentire number of separate pieces entering into its construction beingonly three and these being so formed that they may be assembled almostinstantly. Furthermore, none of the parts are at all difficult toconstruct, the base being readily formed by dieing and stamping with anyordinary machines for that purpose and the jaw 5 being readilyconstructed from a single piece of wire by merely bending and twistingthe same and the spring 6 being of the ordinary type of spring formed bybending a suitable piece of wire around a mandrel of the proper size.

Notwithstanding the extreme simplicity of construction of my improvedbag-holder the operation of the same is entirely satisfactory, and thebags may be introduced therein or removed therefrom with the utmostfacility. 0

form a pivot,-a base having forwardly-projecting lugs provided with eyesin which said pin is seated and a spring coiled around said pivot andengaging the base and side of the frame.

2. The combination in a device of the class describedpof a base adaptedfor suspension and having forwardly-projecting lugs provided with eyes,a Wire frame of substantially rectangular form having one terminaldisposed transversely of the frame and intermediate of its ends to forma pivot, said pivot being passed through the eyes in theforwardly-projecting lugs on the base, and a spring coiled on said pivotand operative to keep one end of said frame normally in contact with thebase to grip articles placed between said frame end and the base and tokeep the other end of the frame normally projected forward to present ahandle by means of which said frame may be swungon its pivot against thetension of the spring.

3. The combination in a device of the class described, of a base havinga pair of forwardly-projecting lugs provided with eyes, a wire frame ofsubstantially rectangular form having one terminal disposed transverselyof the frame intermediate of its ends and inserted into the eyes of saidlugs to form a the base and the side of the frame respectively.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. NIX.

Witnesses:

THOMAS R. PALMER, HARRY W. Lone.

